686 Area Code: Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Area Code 686 Information

State: Virginia
Primary City: Virginia Beach
Primary Carrier: Verizon
Other Cities: Arlington, Bristol, Lynchburg

Neighborhood Demographics

Based on US Census data for Virginia Beach

37.4 y/o

Median Age

Compared to the US median age of 38.7 y/o

$90.7K

Median Income

Compared to the US median income of $78.5K

$366.3K

Median Home Value

Compared to the US median home value of $303.4K

457.1K

Virginia Beach Population

Compared to the US median city population of 171.9K

Active Prefixes in the 686 Area Code

Sample Phone Numbers

About the 686 Area Code

Virginia's 686 area code is among the newer overlays planned for the Hampton Roads region, sharing geography with the long-running 757 across the southeastern corner of the state. Virginia Beach anchors the directory's records here. The city sits at the southeastern corner of Virginia where the coast bends sharply westward into Hampton Roads, organized around a substantial Atlantic beach corridor, a working military presence (the Naval Air Station Oceana sits within the city), and the broader cluster of communities that fill out the southeastern Virginia coastline. The 686 designation, part of the North American Numbering Plan, is in the early phases of being prepared for active number assignments.

In records the directory has compiled for 686 numbers, other Virginia cities — Arlington, Bristol, Lynchburg, and Richmond — appear regularly. None of those are inside the 686 footprint. The pattern reflects standard public-record dynamics across Virginia. The directory's prefix-level holdings for 686 remain in early stages, with current coverage representing the start of working records rather than a comprehensive count of the prefix population the code will eventually carry.

Virginia Beach's median household income runs above the US figure, in line with the broader Hampton Roads corridor's higher-income profile. Home values come in above the national median, the city's median age sits close to the US reading, and population places Virginia Beach as the largest city in Virginia by total headcount. The 686 footprint shares those demographics with 757 because both codes serve southeastern Virginia in overlapping form.